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Born May 12, 1806 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died July 4, 1881 (aged 75) • Finland
Role In Fennoman movement
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Matthias Alexander Castrén
Finnish nationalist and linguist
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August Sohlman
Swedish journalist
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Axel Olof Freudenthal
Finnish philologist
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Konni Zilliacus
Finnish patriot
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Elias Lönnrot
Finnish folklorist
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Vihtori Iisakki Kosola
Finnish political leader
Charles VIII
Charles VIII Knutsson
king of Sweden
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G.M. Sprengtporten
soldier and politician
Per Brahe the Younger, detail from an oil painting by an unknown artist; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Per, Count Brahe, the Younger
Swedish statesman
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William Henry O’Shea
Irish nationalist
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Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italian dictator
Jair Bolsonaro, 2017
Jair Bolsonaro
president of Brazil
Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat
president of Palestinian Authority
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi wearing a beret and cloak, with a full beard and mustache, looking toward the camera.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian revolutionary
Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour
Piedmontese statesman
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese leader
Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian revolutionary
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Gabriel Dumont
Métis leader